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Top 10 Diversity ChampionsHispanic Magazine
Top 50 Corporate Women in AmericaBlack Enterprise Magazine
40 Best Companies for Diversity
Embrace, empower…excel
Embracing and empowering a diverse workforce has been a part of the McDonald’s culture for decades. In the mid 1970s, McDonald’s then-CEO Fred Turner, established our initial diversity program, and in 1980, we hired our first official manager for the program. Back then, as now, encouraging diversity at McDonald's and within our supply chain, is the right thing to do and good for our business.
While the definition of “inclusion” remains relatively constant across geographic boundaries, the word “diversity” has very different implications from place to place. Within McDonald’s, gender diversity has been identified as a global priority. Our Global Diversity Officer, Patricia Harris, is currently working with leaders in all our areas of the world to develop a comprehensive framework for this aspect of diversity at McDonald’s and metrics to monitor our progress.
Back to School – Teaching diversity and inclusion
Another critical component to diversity and inclusion for McDonald’s is teaching people how to work with others different from themselves. The core of our education framework includes formal presentations, workshops, seminars and informal training designed to practice the skills and behaviors needed to collaborate with and lead people in an inclusive, diverse workforce. Our U.S.-based seminars and workshops include:
- Winning with Inclusion and Diversity
- GenderSpeak – Working Together Successfully
- Asian Career Development
- Hispanic Career Development
- Diversity & Inclusion from a White Male Perspective
We also have a number of employee networks, based at our U.S. headquarters, including:
- McDonald’s African American Council
- Women’s Leadership Network
- Gays, Lesbians and Allies at McDonald's
- Asian Employee Network
- Hispanic Employee Network